Shipping-tray



(N0 Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 P- T. CRAMBR. A

v SHIPPING TRAY.

No. 347,3g-l" Patentei--gggkl?, 1886.

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1 P. T. CRAMBR.

SHIPPING TRAY.

Patented Aug. v17, 1886.

'UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETERY T. ORAMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.`

SHIPPING-TRAY. y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,324, dated August 17,1886.

Application led May 20, 1F86. Serial No. 202,700.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, PETER T. CRAMER, re-

- siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a` citizen of the United States, have invented'a new and useful Improvement in Shipping and Holding Trays for Candies, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a top or plan view showingal plate or sheet cut to be made into cells to receive the caramels; Fig. -2,a similar view with a modification in the cut; Fig. 3, a top or plan 'View showing the cut portions turned to form only. The tray is to be of the ordinary size of trays used for holding caramels and other candies.

This inventionis primarily designed for the shipmentand holding of caramels, but can be used for a similar purpose with other candies which are liable to adhere one piece "to another When in contact, such candies being of the same general shape .of cararnels, and has for its object to enable caramels and other candies of au adhesive nature to be transported or shipped Without becoming disgured or ill-shaped or stuck one to the other, While at the same time the bottom or pan of the tray will serve as the receptacle from which the caramels or other candies can be sold; and its nature consists in atray comprising a bottom or pan portion and a cell portion, the latter having a number of separate ce1ls, and tting Within the bottom portion, and each cell forming a division by which its contents Will be kept clear ofthe contents of the adjoining cells, as hereinafter more specically described,

and pointed out in the'claims.

In the drawings, A represents a plate or sheet of zinc, tin, pasteboard, straw-board, or other suitable'material that can be divided by cuts to have the out portions turned to form cells. As shownin Fig. l, the cuts are made so as to form triangular portions a, four pieces (No mmlel.)

being formed for each square, the cu ts running from the corner of each square diagonally to the center of thesquare, as shown in Fig. 2; or the quarters a for each square may have the points cut at the center meeting-place, so as to leavea square end, a', asy shown in Fig. 2. In

the modification shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7 the cuts are made alternately for adjacent squares With a 'cut at each end and across the center transversely, and the adjacent squares with a cut at each side and across the square transversely, so that on each side of the transverse cut the pieces c@ can be turned down to stand at right angles, or nearly so, to the plate or sheet A.

B are the cells formed in the plate or sheet A by turning the ends or pieces'a to stand at right angles, or nearly so, with the plate orsheet A, the pieces a, when turned,forming the Walls of each cell, a cell being formed for each square,and the cells being separated or divided one from the other by strips bleft on the plate or sheet A by the turning ofthe ends or pieces a, to which strips the adjacent pieces or ends aare left joined in the cut of the plate orsheet A into squares.

C-is the bottom or receivingpan for the plate or sheet A, made of zinc, tin, or other suitable material,and of a dimension for the plate or sheet to lit therein, the pan having side and end Walls, O, to form a pan of the requielmm depth for the caramels, and as shown the edge of the plate or sheet A is turned in at thesides and ends to form a ange,A,which flange acts to hold the plate or sheet steady and in place, and when the plate or sheet A is placed in the pan the edges a of the ends or pieces c rest on the bottom of the pan, and furnish a support for the plate or sheet.

D is a caramel placed in a cell B, and supported by the bottom of the pan C and the walls a of the cell, the wallsa forming the division by which one caramel is held out of contact with the adjacent aramels.

In use the plate A,Iwith its cells B, formed therein by the walls @,is dropped into the pan C, and the caramels are placed one in each cell until all'the cells are filled. A cover or top can then be placed over the pan C, and the receptacle as a whole shipped,and when the destination is reached the top or cover can be removed and the plate A withdrawn, leaving the `-\caramels in the pan, to be handled by a scoop cross-cut of the adjoining cells, as shown in 2o Fig. 7; but with either form o't' cnt intermediate Walls or strips surround the caramels, separating one from the other.l

W'hat I claim as nemend desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 25 1. The plate or sheet A, having cells B formed therein by pieces a, to receive and hold candies, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. rlhe plate or sheet A, having cells B 3o formed therein 'by pieces a, in combination with the pan C, for shipping and holding candies. substantially as specilied.

PETER T. CRAMER.

or otherwise. The earamels will be free one 'from the other, as they are divided one from the other by the walls a. and cannot come in Contact, so that when shipped and sold the caramelswill be :1s clear one from the other as if sold from the pan at the place made,and will not present :1n unsightly appearance from beingjammed or crushed or stuck one to the other. The pans and trays can be emptied and filled until they become worn ont.

The cells are formechwhen made with a diagonal cnt7by turning the quarters a down, so that the four quarters form the four walls of the cell. In the modification shown in Fig. 5

two walls are formed by the cnt portions of l the openingand the other two by of the adjoining` openin formed by one cnt and XVitnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMs, HARRY T. J oNEs.

the portion g, the side walls being,`

the end walls by the l 

